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theDreamer 05-14-2010 09:13 PM

Driver side?

SE 05-14-2010 09:19 PM

Yep. I was working on it at a local friend's shop. I decided to call it a day after 3-4 hours of banging fingers, cutting forearms, and breaking 2 Snap-On ratchets and a swivel extender.

It took me about 3 hours just to get both headers off. Putting them back on took 30 minutes LOL. I just need to tighten everything down tomorrow.

It's also taking me long because I'm installing my CAI and Setrab cooler at the same time, otherwise I would've been done.

Side note to everyone if you want to retain all your stock header hardware- instead of taking off the driver's side manifold shield from the beginning (per the instructions), just remove the bolts and leave it there. Once you disconnect the steering joint, it will fit in that area but you still wont be able to completely remove it without bending stuff. You can remove it unscathed after the driver's side header is removed.

labk888 05-15-2010 12:30 AM

Awesome... Can't wait to see the final results! Congrats....

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeee (Post 537847)
Yep. I was working on it at a local friend's shop. I decided to call it a day after 3-4 hours of banging fingers, cutting forearms, and breaking 2 Snap-On ratchets and a swivel extender.

It took me about 3 hours just to get both headers off. Putting them back on took 30 minutes LOL. I just need to tighten everything down tomorrow.

It's also taking me long because I'm installing my CAI and Setrab cooler at the same time, otherwise I would've been done.

Side note to everyone if you want to retain all your stock header hardware- instead of taking off the driver's side manifold shield from the beginning (per the instructions), just remove the bolts and leave it there. Once you disconnect the steering joint, it will fit in that area but you still wont be able to completely remove it without bending stuff. You can remove it unscathed after the driver's side header is removed.


NYBladeZ 05-15-2010 12:38 AM

Yes my week has arrived!

IvoryG 05-15-2010 06:15 AM

Didn't waste anytime I see. Awesome good luck.

jnaut 05-15-2010 08:23 AM

i did wonder why nissan painted the tranny bolts orange,

SE 05-16-2010 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jnaut (Post 538272)
i did wonder why nissan painted the tranny bolts orange,

I've heard two things-

1) Supposedly it's colored from the assembly line as a reminder of which bolts need to be torqued

2) It's an indicator of whether a bolt has been tampered or not for warranty reasons.

SE 05-16-2010 09:53 PM

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/514/dsc01468o.jpg

the rest here

cotizi 05-16-2010 10:06 PM

nice! mine ship tomorrow, so i think I'm gonna jack the car up this week and try and get the stock ones off before they arrive. looks like that's definitely the most time consuming part, yes?

SE 05-16-2010 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cotizi (Post 540238)
nice! mine ship tomorrow, so i think I'm gonna jack the car up this week and try and get the stock ones off before they arrive. looks like that's definitely the most time consuming part, yes?

Yessir. The driver's side to be exact. Make sure you disconnect the battery and mark the position of the steering linkage before you remove it. That's pretty much the only thing you need to remove besides the air intakes.

Vegitto-kun 05-17-2010 01:16 AM

I hope tony has some sort of magic helping force because its a shame I wont get it before the 9th of next month since I wil be taking part in a "race" setup by my dealer between GT-Rs,370s,lambos,ferraris and so on.

It will be delicious

also it will be in francorchamps

theDreamer 05-17-2010 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeee (Post 540217)
I've heard two things-

1) Supposedly it's colored from the assembly line as a reminder of which bolts need to be torqued

2) It's an indicator of whether a bolt has been tampered or not for warranty reasons.

I think it is number 1 (maybe a little of number 2 but more 1).
It seems a lot of the bolts are color matched, I have found orange, blue, yellow, I think red at one point.

jnaut 05-18-2010 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeee (Post 540217)
I've heard two things-

1) Supposedly it's colored from the assembly line as a reminder of which bolts need to be torqued

2) It's an indicator of whether a bolt has been tampered or not for warranty reasons.

i agree with # 1

370Zsteve 05-18-2010 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cotizi (Post 540238)
nice! mine ship tomorrow, so i think I'm gonna jack the car up this week and try and get the stock ones off before they arrive. looks like that's definitely the most time consuming part, yes?

You are going to have one helluva time getting those bolts off unless you have the car on a lift.

Daishi 05-18-2010 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 541954)
You are going to have one helluva time getting those bolts off unless you have the car on a lift.

Its not that bad.. I did mine in my garage using jack stands lol


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